Diana S. Reddy

Feature

After the Law of Apolitical Economy: Reclaiming the Normative Stakes of Labor Unions

Within the post-New Deal constitutional framework, unions were categorized as engaging in commercial activity, rather than advancing inherently normative claims about justice at work. This Feature argues that this choice, what I call the law of apolitical economy, continues to shape how we understand unions—and much more—today.

Mar 31, 2023
Essay

“There Is No Such Thing as an Illegal Strike”: Reconceptualizing the Strike in Law and Political Economy

Workers today are rediscovering the power of the strike and upending jurisprudential categories. Strikes are not just “economic weapons”; they are political protest. And like Progressive Era strikes, the success of strikes today may be in legitimating a new vision of law and political economy.

Jan 6, 2021